A late arrival at spring training and more Astros notes

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Good morning from Day 4 of Astros spring training, the day before the first full-squad workout and the big Drayton pep rally.

A couple of notes from the morning briefings:

• Bill Hall will miss the first couple of days of camp after he and his fiancee welcomed a baby girl. Sydni Parker Hall was born Thursday and her mother will need to be hospitalized for another day, but Hall should be here early in the week.

• Nelson Figueroa, who left for New York to deal with a family emergency, returned to camp this morning.

• Alberto Arias is on a slower pace than others at camp, going two days between bullpen sessions rather than the usual one. He will be the only player throwing tomorrow on what is a scheduled day off from bullpen work for most of the pitchers.

• Angel Sanchez said he felt good enough to begin hitting today and if his warmups went well, he was going to swing the bat for the first time since his oblique strain.

• Still no results on Hunter Pence’s arbitration case; we’ll have a story after the panel makes its ruling.